{"id":69200,"date":"2025-08-14T14:26:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/69200\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T14:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T14:26:08","slug":"deep-ocean-mission-indian-aquanauts-dive-record-5000-metres-milestone-for-undersea-exploration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/69200\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Ocean Mission: Indian aquanauts dive record 5,000 metres; milestone for undersea exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755181568_617_-.jpg\" alt=\"Deep Ocean Mission: Indian aquanauts dive record 5,000 metres; milestone for undersea exploration\" title=\"(Photo: X)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> NEW DELHI: In a landmark achievement, India has successfully sent its aquanauts to depths of over 5,000 metres in the North Atlantic Ocean.The mission marked a major step towards the country\u2019s Deep Ocean Mission, also known as Samudrayaan. The feat comes just weeks after <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/shubhanshu-shukla\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shubhanshu Shukla<\/a> became the first Indian to reach the International Space Station.<\/p>\n<p>Historic Moment: Shubhanshu Shukla Touches Down Earth With Spashdown Off U.S. Coast | Axiom-4<\/p>\n<p>The expedition was carried out in collaboration with France and involved two Indian aquanauts who completed separate deep dives in the French submersible Nautile earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Which achievement do you think is more significant for India&#8217;s scientific progress?<\/p>\n<p>On 5 August, Raju Ramesh, a scientist at the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), descended 4,025 metres. A record-setting 5,002-metre dive by retired Navy Commander Jatinder Pal Singh the next day followed this.Union Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh said, &#8220;We have an Indian going into space and an Indian going into the deep ocean almost simultaneously.&#8221; He called it part of India\u2019s \u201cdouble conquest\u201d in underexplored frontiers, which he believes will contribute to the country\u2019s economic growth.The minister added that PM Narendra Modi has shown a strong interest in the Deep Ocean Mission and blue economy.The Deep Ocean Mission, cleared by the Union Cabinet in 2021, covers crewed and uncrewed submersibles, deep-sea mining technology, biodiversity research and ocean-based energy projects. It aims to explore and utilise resources within India\u2019s Exclusive Economic Zone and continental shelf.<\/p>\n<p>Matsya 6000<\/p>\n<p>M Ravichandran, Secretary in the ministry of Earth sciences, said the Deep Ocean Mission was carried out to gain firsthand experience before India tries the same with its own submersible, Matsya 6000. &#8220;One of the verticals of the DOM aims to develop technology to harness non-living ocean resources and a submersible which can carry humans to the deepest parts of the ocean for exploration,&#8221; he said.The Matsya 6000, likely to be ready by December 2027, will carry three people to depths of 6,000 metres inside a titanium alloy sphere. It will have scientific instruments, communication systems and safety features with emergency endurance of up to 96 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW DELHI: In a landmark achievement, India has successfully sent its aquanauts to depths of over 5,000 metres&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[43546,43545,49,48,43544,43543,43542,5871,43541,66,43540,306],"class_list":{"0":"post-69200","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-aquanauts","9":"tag-blue-economy","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-deep-sea-exploration","13":"tag-indians-in-space-and-ocean","14":"tag-jatinder-pal-singh","15":"tag-matsya-6000","16":"tag-nautile-submersible","17":"tag-science","18":"tag-shubhanshu-shukla","19":"tag-space"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}